70 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



CARDEN PEAS. 



Peas belong in three groups: Garden, field and edible podded. Garden peas are smooth or wrinkled. T 



smooth are earlier and most hardy. The wrinkled are sweetest. Field peas are of high value in stock feeding ai 



green manuring. Edible podded peas are growing in favor. 



Culture.— Sow in earliest spring and make successional plantings every ten days until June 1. In the latter part of August sow early pei 



for an autumn crop. Drill 1 to 2 inches deep in rows 2}^ to 4 feet apart. In the field use no sticks. In garden culture sow in double rows 10 inch 



apart, and use supports for the tall growing varieties. One pint to 100 feet of drill; IJ^ to 2 bushels per acre. 



EARLIEST 05 ALL 



41 P>^S FROM -fUANTING , 



MAULE'S EARLIEST OF ALL PEAS 



Maule's Earliest of All Pea has become the main reliance of thousands of truckers ar 

 farmers who wish to be first in market with new peas. It is a smooth sort, with wonderf 

 ability to mature quickly. It is absolutely unsurpassed in extra early qualities, in flavc 

 in size of pod and productiveness, in vigor and regularity of growth, and in genuine mer: 

 Every seedsman claims to sell an "earliest'' pea, but. after testing them all, I know th 

 not one excels my own celebrated strain, either in quality, quantity or earliness. Maule 

 Earliest of All is very hardy, and may be sown as soon as the soil becomes mellow, 

 may be relied upon to be ready for market in about forty-five days from date of gern: 

 nation. Its profitable character is shown by the fact that the demand for it Increas- 

 year by year. Packet, 10 cts.; plut, 30 cts.; qaart, 50 cts., postpaid. By expre; 

 or frelgUt, not prepaid, quart, 35 cts.; 4 quarts, Si. 25; peck, S2.25; bushel, S8.0O 



497 



AMERICAN WONDER PEA 



This is a first-rate wrinkled pea of dwarf habit, 

 with vines less than a foot high. It is better 

 suited to the private garden than for market 

 purposes; in fact, it has taken the place in the 

 private garden once occupied by Tom Thumb 

 American M'onder is one of the earliest of the 

 wrinkled varieties. It is quite distinct from 

 all other peas in habit of growth and appearance, 

 the vines being unusually robust and stocky. In 

 favorable weather and soil it will mature in the 

 remarkably short period of -12 days, but it is less 

 hardy than Maule's Earliest of All, and must not 

 be planted as soon. It makes most rapid growth 

 immediately after the soil has become somewhat 

 warm. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35 cents; 

 quart, 65 cents, postpaid. By express or 

 frelglit, not prepaid, quart, 50 cents.; 

 4 quarts, SI. 75; peck, S3.00; buskel, S12.00. 



492 NOTT'S EXCELSIOR PEA 



A SPLENDID DWARF AVRIBJKLED SORT. 



One of the best dwarf wrinkled peas: hardy and vigor- 

 ous, and will mature almost as soon as the sinooth varie- 

 ties. Frequently ready in 48 days. The pods are filled 

 with seven to nine large peas. Of superior tenderness 

 and flavor. Height, 1 foot. Pkt., lOc; pt., 35c.; qt., 

 65c., postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 

 paid, qt., 50c.; 4 qts., S1.75; pk., S3.00; bu., S11.50. 



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MOTT'SBCCELSIOI 



SURPRISE PEA. 



493 SURPRISE PEA 



One of tile Largest Podded and Earlle 

 of all AVrlnkled Extra Earlles. 



This is one of the best of the wrinkled pet 

 and is to-day one of the most famovis. 

 has made an enviable reputation within t. 

 brief time that it has been on the market; 

 fact, it has sprung into universal popularit 

 It is about as early as the smooth varietii 

 and far superior to them in both quail 

 and yield. It ranks with the very earliest 

 the wrinkled sorts, not even excepting Grad 

 or Prosperity. Pods are smaller than Gradt 

 but are more numerous. The vine grows 20 

 24 inches high, and requires no sticks. The Si 

 prise pea has attracted universal attention, ai 

 has everywhere made a splendid record f 

 both quality and quantity. Its sweetness 

 noteworthy, and it bears with a profusion th 

 Is truly remarkable. Its extreme earline 

 makes it one of the most profitable mark 

 peas ever introduced, and nothing superior to 

 is available for the family garden. 



Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 30c.; qt., 55 cts.,postpal 

 By express or freight, not prepaid, qt., ' j' 

 cts.; 4 qts., $1.40; pk., $^.50; bu., S9.50. 



